(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given.
Years
within 60
miles 1874bd,1879br,1880,1884tsbr,1886br,1903,1909br,1910br,1912,1915,1916 1917,1924tsbr,1928tsbr,1931ts,1932tsbr,1933ts,1944,1951,1964 1980br,1988,1994ts,2002ts,2004,2005,2007br,2008ts 28
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list above Charlie,Cleo,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Lili ,Ivan,Dennis,Dean,Gustav,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.96 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (13h)once every 10.69 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected
by 2008 August 28th Tropical storm Gustav moves west over the island with 70mph winds,
This areas hurricane
past 1874 Nov 1st from the South with 90mph winds 1880 Oct 19th 80mph from the south over 20 killed 1912 a cat 4 with 150mph winds causes massive storm surge killing 100 in jamaica.Nov 18th 1917 a very high storm surge reported in northern areas. 1944 a cat 3 hits in late august causing heavy damage,thousands left homeless 1951 aug 18th hurricane Charlie hits with 85mph winds with much higher gusts causing heavy damage. 1980
hurricane Allen passes just north as a cat 4. Damage photo 1988 hurricane Gilbert just
south as a cat 3 in mid september causes moderate damage here . newspaper article | satelite photo
2004 ,sept 11th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 155mph winds moving approx 70 miles to the south with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out. Moderate damage in Port Antonio.
2005 Hurricane Dennis passes just north by 35 miles as a cat 2 on July 7th with 105 to 110mph winds. Badly affected by heavy rains from Hurricane Dennis. Among the most affected was the Nightingale community, off Old Harbour Road.
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Port Antonio,Jamaica's history with tropical
systems